This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Saris, maker of indoor trainers, power meters, and bike racks.

It's a company of cyclists making products they themselves want to use, like racks that attach to the hitcher vehicle, which traditionally

have had a pretty significant problem. You know what we kept seeing is when you put your bikes

on a hanging hitch rack, what happens when then you your car? This is Sarah Ryder, and this is Sarah Ryder,

consumer-centric strategist at Saris Racks. And this is Sarah Ryder,

consumer-centric strategist at Saris Racks.

And this is the issue of Hitch Racks.

If the rack is on, you're just not getting into the back of your SUV or van.

It's blocked.

I'm a mom of three kids and I love to have a bike rack on my car.

But I also go to the grocery store a couple times a week.

I drive a hockey car pool.

Taking a hitch rack on and off is the very definition of user unfriendly.

So Saris decided to revolutionize the whole idea and created the glott, a hanging rack that with the push of a button

pivots the rack away from your car. And really this thing is amazing. It doesn't

swing down and require you to muscle the weight of the bikes.

It simply glides back without losing any height.

Even with four bikes on the rack, you can do it with one hand.

But we tried it on car after car after car with all sorts of different types of bikes and you know we kept

coming to the same conclusion of oh my gosh this is so easy.

Saris launched the glide of the Kickstarter campaign and they met their funding goal in three days.

Trust me if you see this thing in action you're going to want it.

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